[BuckYeah]

I read these articles and the comments and wonder how many people who are concerned with these things also drink alcohol or drive dangerously or consume unhealthy food. All of which will affect their lives way worse than particles of plastic.

[kylebenzle]

Exactly. Why be a vegetarian, or watch your weight if your also going to drink occasionally? Why avoid heroin if your going to overeat once in awhile.

[mc32]

The problem is people don't know how to quantify the risk, including myself.

However there a number of people who panic! And the panicky people have loud voices. They treat everything like DDT or asbestos. That's not to say that caution is not warranted. It is, but take it easy, the frogs aren't turning gay and people are living longer, so long as they don't get hooked on addictive drugs, including tobacco, alcohol, MJ, amphetamines, etc.

[latentcall]

> All of which will affect their lives way worse than particles of plastic.

Okay, are you saying we shouldn’t care whatsoever if we ingest PLASTIC (!!!) because beer and McDonalds exist? People shouldn’t care?

I don’t drink, I don’t eat fast food. I don’t “drive dangerously” and I sure as hell am going to do everything in my power to make sure I am not eating or drinking plastic. Same goes for my wife and kids.

[shawnz]

Why the scare exclamations? Are you implying that plastics ought to be scarier to consume than those other things? Even though plastics have been specifically engineered to be as inert as possible, they're used in the body in medical applications, etc?

[taftster]

I read it as a form of sarcasm and irony. I liked the scare exclamations as a way to highlight the original statement about fast food and alcohol. Was not offended and didn't infer anything additional.

The reply just simply acknowledged all the things of concern, including fast food, driving patterns, and general risk overall. It's OK to be concerned about plastic, even if there are likewise additional concern areas in life.